Dive Review of Seafari Bahamas/Club Med San Salvador in
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Seafari Bahamas/Club Med San Salvador: "Easy Breezy", Apr, 2015, by Medea Isphording Bern, CA, US ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 8565.
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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
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Comments	The diving in San Sal may be compromised after Hurricane Joachin, but we will return next year to support the diving operation. The crew at Seafari is professional, ecologically minded, and committed to ensuring that all divers at whatever level experience the majesty below the sea of their beloved island. Club Med used to operate the dive concession itself, and Jean Paul Morales has been there since that time as the chief of diving. Now, Seafari runs the operation with JP still at the helm. Many of the dive masters are local young people who grew up on San Sal or neighboring islands and who thus have a stake in preserving the reefs and in encouraging divers to respect and appreciate them so they will both return and spur their friends to do the same. We always bring mask/snorkel/fins/wetsuit and use the on-site BCD/regulator/tanks. It's so easy. The facility offers a wet room so gear can be stowed for those who elect to dive multiple days. There is an on-site hyperbaric chamber as well (with weekly tours--very interesting) and as a PADI 5 Star, training is available. My son and I both earned our Rescue Diver designations at the Club. Legend has it that San Sal is the first place Colombus made landfall back in the day. One of the dive sites is a nautilus-shaped monument to that historic event. Otherwise, dives vary from pinnacles of coral to sheer walls. Critters include bountiful reef sharks, hammerheads, rays, turtles and a famous pair of very friendly grouper. Fish are plentiful and colorful and lovely.
Websites	Seafari Bahamas Club Med San Salvador
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Hawaii, Society Islands, Australia, Florida, Galapagos
Closest Airport	San Salvador	Getting There	club med charter from Ft. Lauderdale or Toronto, also flights from Paris and other Euro spots
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	78-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Depth limits enforced to level of training-130ft for advanced divers. Time limit 50-60 minutes depending on dive profile. No touch no take. One hour surface interval between dives.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Seafari Bahamas/Club Med San Salvador in Bahamas/San Salvador

Seafari Bahamas/Club Med San Salvador: "Easy Breezy", Apr, 2015,

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Dive Review of Seafari Bahamas/Club Med San Salvador in
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